The fight for abortion rights made Gloria Steinem a feminist.
争取堕胎权的斗争让格洛丽亚·斯泰纳姆成为女权主义者。
She died on Wednesday at the age of 92.
她于周三去世,享年92岁。
She was an important person in the women's movement in the late 1960s.
她是20世纪60年代末女权运动的重要人物。
The wins of that movement changed American culture.
那场运动的胜利改变了美国文化。
Many women started to work.
很多女性开始工作。
But problems like the pay gap between men and women still exist.
但男女工资差距等问题仍然存在。
Steinem saw people. They did not like her ideas.
斯泰纳姆看到了对她想法的反对。
In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
2022年,最高法院推翻了罗伊诉韦德案。
This decision took away the constitutional right to abortion.
这个决定取消了宪法规定的堕胎权。
After that, 13 states almost fully banned abortion.
之后,13个州几乎完全禁止堕胎。
Four more states banned abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy.
还有四个州在怀孕约六周后禁止堕胎。
Steinem said this was a setback for democracy.
斯泰纳姆说这是民主的挫折。
Christian conservative activists see this as a big win.
基督教保守派活动人士认为这是大胜利。
They push for a return to traditional gender roles.
他们推动传统性别角色回归。
Trump officials and conservative groups tell young women to marry early and have more children.
特朗普政府官员和保守派团体鼓励年轻女性早结婚、多生孩子。
They say family is more important than a career.
他们说家庭比事业更重要。
A report from the Heritage Foundation says feminism calls marriage and family less important.
传统基金会的一份报告说,女权主义把婚姻和家庭说成次要的事。
The report says this hurts both men and women.
报告说这对男女都有伤害。
The report asks Congress to give $2,500 to each man and woman. They can use this money for investing.
报告建议国会给30岁前结婚的男女各2500美元的投资账户。
Steinem has no children herself.
斯泰纳姆自己没有孩子。
She says she does not regret it.
她说她不后悔。
She still strongly supports the right to choose.
她继续强烈支持生育选择权。
She started activism in her thirties.
她在30多岁时开始做活动。
At a meeting in 1969, she heard women talk about abortion rights.
1969年的一次会议上,她听到女性谈论堕胎权。
Then she found the courage to tell her own story.
然后她鼓起勇气说出自己的经历。
At 22, she had a secret abortion in London.
她22岁时在伦敦秘密堕胎。
At that time, abortion was not legal in most of the US.
当时,堕胎在美国大部分地区不合法。
Women's labor force participation was under 50%.
女性劳动力参与率不到50%。
Banks often asked women to have a man sign with them for credit cards.
银行常要求女性申请信用卡时有男性一起签名。
Now things are very different.
现在情况很不一样。
About 58% of women aged 20 and older work.
约58%的20岁及以上女性在工作。
There are 152 women members in Congress.
国会有152位女性议员。
Many hard-won rights are still strong in principle.
很多来之不易的权利在原则上仍然稳固。
But some radical ideas are made bigger by people in power.
但一些激进想法被掌权者放大。
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared a video.
国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯转发了一个视频。
In the video, a pastor says women should not be allowed to vote anymore.
视频中一位牧师说女性不应再被允许投票。
This made many people angry.
这引起了很多人的愤怒。
Women's advocacy groups are warning.
女性倡导组织发出警告。
They say the goal is to limit birth rights. They call feminism an attack on family. This takes power from women.
他们说,限制生育权利和把女权主义说成对家庭的攻击,核心是拿走女性的权力。
Fatima Goss Graves is the head of the National Women's Law Center. She says plans like more paid family leave and better affordable childcare really support families.
国家妇女法律中心首席执行官法蒂玛·戈斯·格雷夫斯说,扩大带薪家庭假和改善可负担儿童保育等提议,其实是在支持家庭。
These plans make raising children easier. So women do not have to give up their jobs.
这些提议让抚养孩子更容易,女性不必放弃事业。
Estelle Freedman, a history professor at Stanford, says feminism is now deep in modern life.
斯坦福大学历史学教授埃斯特尔·弗里德曼说,女权主义已经深深进入现代生活。
The movement may not stop, because the economy needs women to keep working.
势头可能无法停止,因为经济需要女性继续工作。
She says Steinem gave the movement important continuity for over fifty years.
她说,斯泰纳姆为这场运动提供了半个多世纪的重要连续性。
In her last essay in The New Yorker, Steinem stays hopeful about setbacks.
斯泰纳姆在《纽约客》的最后一篇散文中对挫折保持乐观。
She writes: "Because of this movement, most people in the world have now seen women astronauts, union organizers, farmers, liberators, and peacemakers."
她写道:“因为这场运动,世界上大多数人现在都见过女性宇航员、工会组织者、农民、解放者和和平缔造者。”